Tracie Gardner

VP of Policy Advocacy at Legal Action Center

As Legal Action Center's Vice President of Policy Advocacy, Tracie directs LAC’s Policy Advocacy work, spearheads major initiatives and fosters strategic partnerships that support LAC’s mission. Tracie has worked more than 30 years in the public health, public policy, and not-for-profit fields. She has led advocacy campaigns that achieved landmark policy reforms in the areas of substance use, HIV, alternatives to incarceration and reentry services, and community and correctional health. From 2015 to 2017, Tracie served as the Assistant Secretary of Mental Hygiene for New York State where she oversaw the State’s Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services and Office of Mental Health.